Seismic property characterization of lithotypes cropping out in the Siracusa urban area, Italy

Engineering Geology

Volumn 153, Issue , 2013, Pages 12-24

  Panzera, F ^a   Lombardo, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ellipticity curve; HVNR; Seismic site response; Surface wave analysis

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE MEASUREMENTS; DISPERSION CURVES; DYNAMIC PROPERTY; ELLIPTICITY CURVE; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; HOMOGENEOUS GROUP; HVNR; LIMESTONE FORMATION; LOCAL SEISMIC RESPONSE; NEIGHBOURHOOD ALGORITHMS; NONUNIQUENESS; SANDY CLAYS; SEISMIC PROPERTIES; SEISMIC SITES; SOFT SEDIMENTS; SOUTHERN ITALY; SPECTRAL RATIOS; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE-WAVE ANALYSIS; URBAN AREAS; VERTICAL COMPONENT; WAVE PROFILES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SURFACE WAVES;

SEISMOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; DYNAMIC PROPERTY; LITHOTYPE; NEIGHBORHOOD; OUTCROP; S-WAVE; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVE; URBAN AREA;

ITALY; SICILY; SIRACUSA;

EID: 84873808923     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2012.11.011     Document Type: Article

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